Or Perish in the Attempt
Subtitle: Wilderness Medicine in the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Published: June 2003
Place of publication: Helena, MT
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781560372257
Subjects: Expeditions & Discoveries; Infectious Diseases; United States - 19th Century/Old West; History - General History
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Politics and passion : the exploration of the American wilderness; title: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark : the right stuff of 1803; title: Just doing the best we can : development of American medicine 1620-1803; title: Into the starting blocks : the expedition prepares; title: "Misqutrs" on the Ohio : the trip gets underway; title: Snakes in the grass & bugs in the river : rattlers and diarrhea on the Missouri; title: The sun and dying young :  a lucky streak ends; title: They should have danced all night : "Louis Veneri" joins the Corps; title: Cold toes and a baby boy : winter with the Mandans; title: Wild times in old Montana : act one : May-June 1805; title: Wild times in old Montana : act two : May-July 1805; title: From a torrent to a trickle : to the headwaters of the Missouri; title: No place for mockersins : over the bitterroots; title: A winter of pore elk and flees : the Pacific 1805-1806; title: Frontier doctor and medical diplomats : great challenges in Idaho; title: Wild times in old Montana : act three : June-August 1806; title: Near disaster and then : back home : August and September 1806; title: Ghosts of explorations past : fates of the Corps of Discovery; title: Fiddles and friendships : the sinews of success; title: Appendix one : Riddles of nature : the world's medical expedition; title: Appendix two : Medicines of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; title: Helpful pharmacy terms; title: Lewis & Clark's medicine chest; title: Instruments and other supplies